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Offline mandy9008

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products of rxn
« on: February 13, 2010, 04:06:49 PM »
i have to draw the product or products of the rxn that is attached. i know the main product, but i can't figure out what the product derived from the other part of the ether is.

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Re: products of rxn
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2010, 05:19:30 PM »
Hint: how do you know that is the product and not the other possibility? Aren't they similar enough to expect some of the other?

These reactions are often done with an excess of HBr. If this were an SN2 reaction, what effect might having an excess of HBr have on the rate of product formation?
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Re: products of rxn
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2010, 01:02:18 AM »
i have to draw the product or products of the rxn that is attached. i know the main product, but i can't figure out what the product derived from the other part of the ether is.
The product you drew... what happens to the OH group (that is formed after subsequent protonation)? Where does it go?
Now, try to figure out another position where the OH has a possibility of getting attached (with the same starting material of course). That way, you can easily predict where Br will land up. That should give you the other product.

Hope this helps
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